~ Singapore Fiction : Individual Authors ~


Colin Cheong

Brewster, Anne. The perplexity of living: adolescence and nationalism in Colin Cheong's The stolen child. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 83-91. [PL5145 Stu]

Hasanah Md. Sohdi. Review of Poets, priests and prostitutes: a rock fairytale. Singapore Book World, 21:72-73, 1990/91. [Z464.12 SBW]

Moo, Joash. Cheong, Colin. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 225. [PR19 Enc]

 

Rebecca Chua

Seet, K. K. Review of The newspaper editor and other stories by Rebecca Chua. Commentary, 5(3/4):94-96, 1982. [DS599.1 C]

 

Goh Poh Seng

Baker, Maurice. Review of If we dream too long. New Nation, Sept. 2, 1972. [Microfilm]

Chew, Kenneth Shih Hui. Ideology and self: the plays and novels of Goh Poh Seng. 36p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1985. [PR13 *1985 10]

Koh, Tai Ann. Goh Poh Seng. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 593. [PR19 Enc]

Koh, Tai Ann. Intertextual selves: fiction-makers in two 'Singapore' novels. IN Nicholson, Colin E. & Chatterjee, Ranjit, eds. Tropic crucible: self and theory in language and literature. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1984. Pp. 163-191. "Critique of If we dream too long by Goh Poh Seng, and, Saint Jack by Paul Theroux". [P49 Tro]

Lim, P. S. Review of If we dream too long. Commentary, 3:15, 1972. [DS599.1 C]

Pereira, Desmond P. Review of The immolation. Singapore Book World, 8:45-46, 1977. [Z464.12 SBW]

Polin, T. An Asian alien. Asiaweek: 45-46, May 13, 1977. "Review of If we dream too long". [DS1 A]

Sun, A. Goh Poh Seng's If we dream too long and The immolation. World Literature Written in English, 18(1):172-178, 1978. [PR9080 WN]

Zaibun Siraj. Man bedevilled by monk's smile. New Nation, July 29, 1978. "Review of The immolation". [Microfilm]

 

Goh Sin Tub

Ho, Doreen. Review of The nan-mei-su girls of Emerald Hill. Singapore Book World, 20:58-59, 1989/90. [Z464.12 SBW]

Leon, Carol. Review of Ghosts of Singapore. Southeast Asian Review of English, 20:76-78, 1990. [PL5144 SAR]

Teo, Angeline. New guest in town. Straits Times. Life!: 18, Sept. 3, 1993. "Review of The sin-kheh". [ Microfilm]

Tong, Suit Chee. Colourful tale of five girls. Straits Times, Dec. 11, 1989. "Review of The nan mei su girls of Emerald Hill". [Microfilm]

Twitchell-Waas, Jeffrey. Review of 12 women & their stories. Singapore Book World, 27:56-57, 1997. [Z464.12 SBW]

 

Gopal Baratham

Ban, Kah Choon. An interview with Gopal Baratham. IN Ban, Kah Choon. Of memory and desire: the stories of Gopal Baratham. Singapore: Times Books International, 2000. Pp. 31-46. [PL5149 Gop.B]

Ban, Kah Choon. Of memory and desire: the stories of Gopal Baratham. Singapore: Times Books International, 2000. 150p. [PL5149 Gop.B]

Chew, Shirley. Review of A candle or the sun. Singapore Book World, 23:33-34, 1993/94. "First published in Wasafiri, vol. 16, p. 74, 1992". [Z464.12 SBW]

Heng, Geraldine. Review of Figments of experience by Gopal Baratham. Commentary 5(2):89-94, 1981. [DS599.1 C]

Kanaganayakam, Chelva. Hunting the minotaur: reading Gopal Baratham and Kirpal Singh. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 73-82. [PL5145 Stu]

Koh, Buck Song. Clinical deftness and a sure touch. Straits Times, Sept. 7, 1992. "Review of People make you cry and other stories". [Microfilm]

Koh, Buck Song. Light, love, liberty. Straits Times. Life!: 3, Aug. 31, 1991. "Review of A candle or the sun, and Sayang". [Microfilm]

Le Blond, Max. Baratham, Gopal. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 103. [PR19 Enc]

Lim, Siew Yea. Politics and self: a study of Gopal Baratham and Suchen Christine Lim. 141p. Thesis (M.A.) -Dept of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1997. [PR13 *1997 88]

Mitchell, Emily. Beyond 1984. Time: 58, Sept. 14, 1992. "Review of A candle or the sun". [AP4 T]

Salleh Ben Joned. The gospel according to Gopal: Gopal Baratham's Sayang and A candle or the sun. IN Skoob Pacifica anthology no. 2. The pen is mightier than the sword. London: Skoob Books, 1994. Pp. 223-226. [PL5147.4 Pen]

Toh, Weng Choy. Mixed bag of modest and interesting tales. Straits Times, Sept. 5, 1991. "Review of Figments of experience". [Microfilm]

Tripathi, Salil. Love's labour lost. Business Times, Sept. 21, 1991. "Review of Sayang". [Microfilm]

Vasuki, S. N. Speaking his mind: interview with Gopal Baratham. Business Times: 2, Mar. 28-29, 1992. [Microfilm]

 

Han May

Hon, Joan. Double star: a self-interview. Commentary, 7(4):39-44, 1986. [DS599.1 C]

 

Hicks, Bonny

George, Cherian. Excuse me, was I a shock? Straits Times. Life!: 9, Dec. 23, 1999. [Microfilm]

Ng, Wei Li. Hicks, Bonny. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 656-657. [PR19 Enc]

Tu, Weiming. The seeker and learner. Straits Times. Life!: 3, Dec. 23, 1998. [Microfilm]

 

Ho Mingfong

Singam, Constance. Women, realities and fiction: a feminist interpretation of four novels. IN Gopinathan, S. & Barth, Valerie, eds. The need to read: essays in honor of Hedwig Anuar. Singapore: Festival of Books Singapore, 1989. "Focuses on Catherine Lim's The serpent's tooth; Ho Monfong's Sing to the dawn, and Rice without rain; and Blanche d' Alpuget's Turtle Beach". Pp. 381-401. [Z84612 Nee]

 

Philip Jeyaretnam

Brewster, Anne. Formations of nationalism: Arthur Yap and Philip Jeyaretnam. IN Brewster, Anne. Literary formations: post-colonialism, nationalism, globalism. Carlton South, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1995. Pp. 102-111. [PR9434 Bre]

Chan, Chi Ping. A post-colonial perspective of Philip Jeyaretnam and Beth Yahp. 68p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1997. [PR13 *1997 72]

Chopard, Kelly. Review of First loves. Singapore Book World, 19:65-66, 1988/89. [Z464.12 SBW]

Chua, Rebecca. Familiar yet disconcerting world. Straits Times. Sect. 2: 2, Nov. 30, 1988. "Review of Raffles Place ragtime". [Microfilm]

Harinder Gill. Naughty wit of a two-timer. New Paper, Nov. 26, 1988. "Review of Raffles Place ragtime". [Microfilm]

Haskell, Dennis. Memory and romanticism in Philip Jeyaretnam's Abraham's promise. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 145-156. [PL5145 Stu]

Hiebert, Murray. Family resemblance: lawyer's new novel parallels his father's ups and downs. Far Eastern Economic Review: 62, Jan. 18, 1996. [HC411 FEE]

Holden, Philip. The significance of uselessness: resisting colonial masculinity in Philip Jeyaretnam's Abraham's promise. Jouvert: a journal of postcolonial studies, 2(1): 32 paragraphs, 1998.
[URL:http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/jouvert/v2i1/Holden.htm ]

Holmes, Christopher. Vignetes of Singapore Inc. Far Eastern Economic Review: 47, Feb. 9, 1989. "Review of Raffles Place ragtime". [HC411 FEE]

J. L. Makings of a home grown Maugham. Business Times, May 28, 1988. "Review of First loves". [Microfilm]

Jeyaretnam, Philip. Addressing the past. The Arts, 2:5-7, 1995. [LG399 Nus.TA]

Johan. Green young things in a growing garden city. New Straits Times, Dec. 11, 1987. "Review of First loves". [Microfilm]

Khor, Christine. First effort shows realism and effort. Straits Times, Sept. 5, 1987. "Review of First loves". [Microfilm]

Koh, Tai Ann. Jeyaratnam, Philip. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 732-733. [PR19 Enc]

Koh, Tai Ann. Review of Raffles Place ragtime. Singapore Book World 19(Suppl.):27-31, 1989/90. [Z464.12 SBW]

Patke, Rajeev S. Abraham's promise: violence, critique, and the birth of a nation. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 117-143. [PL5145 Stu]

Sharp, Ilsa. A sexual awakening. Far Eastern Economic Review: 91, Mar. 24, 1988, p. 91. "Review of First loves". [HC411 FEE]

Wicks, Peter. Images of Singapore in recent Singaporean fiction. Singapore Book World 23:9-20, 1993/94. [Z464.12 SBW]

Wicks, Peter. Politics and loss in Philip Jeyaretnam's Singaporean fiction. Asian Profile, 26(5):357-365, 1998. [DS1 AP]

Wicks, Peter. Review of Abraham's promise. Asian Culture Quarterly, 25(4):89-91, 1997. [DS1 ACQ]

Wong, M .E. Fast forward with the Singapore yuppie. Sunday Times, Nov. 27, 1988. "Review of Raffles Place ragtime". [Microfilm]

 

Basanti Karmakar

Quayum, M. A. Love liberates, love rejuvenates: Basanti Karmakar, Love in the throes of tradition. IN Skoob Pacifica anthology no. 2. The pen is mightier than the sword. London: Skoob Books, 1994. Pp. 271-274. [PL5147.4 Pen]

Pereira, Desmond P. Introduction to Love's fearful passage. IN Skoob Pacifica anthology no. 2. The pen is mightier than the sword. London: Skoob Books, 1994. Pp. 286-287. [PL5147.4 Pen]

 

Kirpal Singh

Kanaganayakam, Chelva. Hunting the minotaur: reading Gopal Baratham and Kirpal Singh. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 73-82. [PL5145 Stu]

Kanaganayakam, Chelva. Kirpal Singh. IN Kanaganayakam, Chelva. Configurations of exile: South Asian writers and their world. Toronto: TSAR, 1995. "Interview with Kirpal Singh". Pp. 96-110. [PR9410 Kan]

 

Koh Buck Song

Khoo, Sim Eng & Guneratne, Anthony R. A Singaporean sense of place: urban transformation and post-colonial ambivalence in Koh Buck Song's Bugis Street. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 93-104. [PL5145 Stu]

 

Johann S. Lee

Donnelly, Timothy Michael. Something else or meeting Mr. Lee. IN Skoob Pacifica anthology no. 2. The pen is mightier than the sword. London: Skoob Books, 1994. Pp. 146-149. [PL5147.4 Pen]

Lanham, Miles. Review of Peculiar Chris. IN Skoob Pacifica anthology no. 2. The pen is mightier than the sword. London: Skoob Books, 1994. Pp. 159-161. [PL5147.4 Pen]

 

Russell Lee

Veloo, Ravi. Lee, Russell. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 835-836. [PR19 Enc]

 

Catherine Lim

Chin-Goh, Pearl. A stylistic study of Catherine Lim's fiction. 84p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1984. [PR13 *1984 43]

Gopal Baratham. Review of Or else, the lightning god and other stories by Catherine Lim. Commentary, 5(2):86, 1981. [DS599.1 C]

Khan, T. L. Story teller. Mirror, 24(7):16-17, Apr. 1, 1988. [DS591 MMR]

Source: http://happening.com.sg/art/1998/features/june/catherine/index.html

Lady with a winning style. Asiaweek: 42-43, July 17, 1981. [DS1 A]

Lim, Yi En. Women in bondage: the stories of Catherine Lim. Singapore: Times Books International, 1999. 151p. [PL5149 Lc*Li]

Pan, Daphne. Lim, Catherine. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 884-885. [PR19 Enc]

Pillay, Alice. The real not the ersatz: a glimpse into the world of Catherine Lim's Deadline for love and other stories. Southeast Asian Review of English, 25:44-47, 1992. [PL5144 SAR]

Sim, Ngah Imm. A critical study of the work of a local writer: Catherine Lim. 49p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature,National University of Singapore, 1989. [PR13 *1989 39]

Singam, Constance. Women, realities and fiction: a feminist interpretation of four novels. IN Gopinathan, S. & Barth, Valerie, eds. The need to read: essays in honor of Hedwig Anuar. Singapore: Festival of Books Singapore, 1989. "Focuses on Catherine Lim's The serpent's tooth; Ho Monfong's Sing to the dawn and Rice without rain; and Blanche d' Alpuget's Turtle Beach". Pp. 381-401. [Z84612 Nee]

Siti Rohani Kassim. Catherine Lim. Southeast Asian Review of English, 19:14-27, 1989. [PL5144 SAR]

Smith, Poppi. The politics of feminist expression: an essay on Catherine Lim's The teardrop story woman. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 55-61. [PL5145 Stu]

The unrepentant maverick: a Singapore novelist has her publisher blushing. Asiaweek: 8, Jan. 5, 1996. [DS1 A]

Wicks, Peter. Catherine Lim: the Malaysian years (1942-1970). New Literature Review, 25: 39-44, 1993. [Perind Reprint Collection]

Wicks, Peter. Catherine Lim's early life. Pelangi, 6(4):13-14, 1991. [Perind Reprint Collection]

Wicks, Peter. Catherine Lim's Singapore. Asian Studies Review, 16(2):157-170, 1992. [DS1 ASR]

Wicks, Peter. From Kulim to Singapore: Catherine Lim's literary life. Asian Culture Quarterly, 24(4):25-36, 1996. [DS1 ACQ]

Wicks, Peter. Of family and irony: Catherine Lim and The Serpent's Tooth. IN Wicks, Peter. Literary perspectives on Southeast Asia: collected essays. Toowoomba, Qld: USQ Press, 1991. Pp. 57-69. "First published in Commentary, vol. 7, nos. 2-3, pp. 97-102, 144, 1987". [PR9698 Wic]

Wicks, Peter. The short stories of Catherine Lim. IN Wicks, Peter. Literary perspectives on Southeast Asia: collected essays. Toowoomba, Qld: USQ Press, 1991. Pp. 70-80. [PR9698 Wic]

Wong, Audrey. Living it up. Esplanade the Arts Magazine: 19-21, Jan.-Feb. 1998. [NX577.2 EAM]

Wong, Audrey. Review of The Bondmaid. Esplanade the Arts Magazine: 67, Jan.-Feb. 1998, [NX577.2 EAM]

Yeo, Robert. Catherine Lim and the Singapore short story in English. Commentary, 5(2):38-44, 1981. [DS599.1 C]

 

Suchen Christine Lim

Ang, Lynn Ling-yin. The representation of women in Suchen Christine Lim's Gift from the gods. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 63-71. [PL5145 Stu]

Lim, Siew Yea. Politics and self: a study of Gopal Baratham and Suchen Christine Lim. 141p. Thesis (M.A.) -Dept of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1997. [PR13 *1997 88]

Lim, Walter S. H. Lim, Suchen Christine. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 887. [PR19 Enc]

Toy, Paul J. B. Review of Gift from the gods. IN Skoob Pacifica anthology no. 2. The pen is mightier than the sword. London: Skoob Books, 1994. Pp. 260-262. [PL5147.4 Pen]

 

Lim Thean Soo

'I go for a good story'. Asiaweek: 45-46, Mar. 15, 1985. [DS1 A]

Klein, Ronald D. The other empire: the legacy of the Japanese occupation in the work of Lim Thean Soo. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 29-43. [PL5145 Stu]

Koh, Buck Song. Tireless tale spinner. Straits Times, Mar. 2, 1991. [Microfilm]

Leong, Liew Geok. Alienation and the Pacific war: the fiction of Lim Thean Soo and Chin Kee Onn. IN Bennett, Bruce, ed. A sense of exile: essays in the literature of the Asia-Pacific region. Nedlands, WA: Centre for Studies in Australian Literature, University of Western Australia, 1988. Pp. 145-154. [PR9698 Sen]

Lye, Weng Hon. Resistance and social conflict during and after the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Singapore in the novels of Chin Kee Onn, Noel Barber and Lim Thean Soo. 91p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1997. [PR13 *1997 90]

Yeo, Robert. Lim Thean Soo. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 887-888. [PR19 Enc]

Yeo, Robert. Lim Thean Soo's fiction and the Japanese past. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. The writer's sense of the past: essays on Southeast Asian and Australian literature. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1987. Pp. 50-54. [PL3508 Wrt]

 

Joash Moo

Cheong, Colin. Moo, Joash. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 1036. [PR19 Enc]

 

Rex Shelley

Henson, Bertha. Time for this 'orphan' to crawl back into ethnic shell. Straits Times, June 6, 1991. [Microfilm]

Koh, Buck Song. Geragok gumption. Straits Times, Life! Aug. 24, 1991. [Microfilm]

Koh, Buck Song. Lusty lobster. Straits Times, Life! Aug. 24, 1991, 1991. "Review of The shrimp people". [Microfilm]

Leong, Liew Geok. Transactions of force: the crossings of war. IN Bennett, Bruce; Doyle, Jeff & Nandan, Satendra, eds. Crossing cultures: essays on literature and culture of the Asia-Pacific. London: Skoob Books in association with University College, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra and the Centre for Studies in Australian Literature, University of Western Australia, 1996. Pp. 175-183. [GN366 Cro]

Talib, Ismail S. Emigration as a resistant factor in the creation of a national literature: Rex Shelley's The shrimp people. IN Kain, Geoffrey, ed. Ideas of home: literature of Asian migration. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press, 1997. Pp. 101-113. [PS153 Asi.I]

Wong, Patricia. Rex Shelley's The shrimp people: what manner of beast is it. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 45-54. [PL5145 Stu]

Yong, Margaret. "They played the oldies that had been danced for years": the reconstruction of the Eurasian past in The shrimp people. Southeast Asian Review of English, 22:46-48, 1991. [PL5144 SAR]

 

Michael Soh

Barth, Valerie. Review of Son of a mother by Michael Soh. Commentary, 5(2):84-85, 1981. [DS599.1 C]

 

Adrian Tan

Chiang, Yin Pheng. The teenager expert. Mirror, 25(23):8-9, Dec. 1, 1989. [DS591 MMR]

Su, Elizabeth. The Singapore writer's box: teenagers, romance and culture. Alumnus, 29:46-47, 1997. [LG399 NUS.A]

 

Tan Hwee Hwee

Kirpal Singh. Positioned bemusement: an interview with Hwee Hwee Tan. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 167-174. [PL5145 Stu]

 

Tan Mei Ching

Pang, Alvin. 'A world too immense': confinement, escape and space in Tan Mei Ching's prose. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 105-115. [PL5145 Stu]

 

Simon Tay

Lim, Meng Leng. A stylistic analysis of selected short stories by Simon Tay. 119p. Thesis (M.A. (English Language)) - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1998. [PR13 *1998 102]

 

Claire Tham

Helmi Yusof. Knocking down sacred cows. Straits Times. Life!: 19, Dec. 18, 1999. "Review of Skimming by Claire Tham". [Microfilm]

Madell, John. Cover story on Claire Tham's Saving the rainforest. IN Skoob Pacifica anthology no. 2. The pen is mightier than the sword. London: Skoob Books, 1994. Pp. 246-248. [PL5147.4 Pen]

Wicks, Peter. Generation and identity in Claire Tham's Singaporean stories. Asian Profile, 27(5):457-459, 1999. [DS1 AP]

 

Yen Chung

Lim, Shirley. Comic tale of greed in old Singapore. Straits Times. Life!: 18, Apr. 22, 2000. "Review of Clarence plays the numbers". [Microfilm]

 

Ovidia Yu

Kirpal Singh. Yu, Ovidia. IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 1675-1676. [PR19 Enc]

 

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